Winter Orb

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2400 · Rare · Artifact

Mana cost: {2}

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps.

Amazing how you can make such a dense little ball out of thirty-plus years of other people's frustration.

Illustrated by Skinner · Released February 23, 2026

Prices

Printings

  1. Secret Lair Drop #2400 (this printing) · Rare · 2026 · $16.20 USD foil
  2. Secret Lair Drop #1486 (SLD) · Rare · 2024 · $11.55 USD
  3. Secret Lair Drop #1486★ (SLD) · Rare · 2024 · $12.92 USD foil
  4. 30th Anniversary Edition #271 (30A) · Rare · 2022 · $27.04 USD
  5. 30th Anniversary Edition #568 (30A) · Rare · 2022
  6. Eternal Masters #234 (EMA) · Rare · 2016 · $22.24 USD
  7. Magic Online Promos #46922 (PRM) · Rare · 2014
  8. Masters Edition #173 (ME1) · Rare · 2007
  9. World Championship Decks 1997 #sg408 (WC97) · Rare · 1997 · $10.98 USD
  10. Fifth Edition #408 (5ED) · Rare · 1997 · $13.98 USD
  11. Pro Tour Collector Set #mj358 (PTC) · Rare · 1996 · $15.99 USD
  12. Fourth Edition #358 (4ED) · Rare · 1995 · $16.62 USD
  13. Summer Magic / Edgar #280 (SUM) · Rare · 1994
  14. Revised Edition #280 (3ED) · Rare · 1994 · $21.77 USD
  15. Collectors' Edition #276 (CED) · Rare · 1993 · $39.66 USD
  16. Intl. Collectors' Edition #276 (CEI) · Rare · 1993 · $37.75 USD
  17. Unlimited Edition #276 (2ED) · Rare · 1993 · $94.98 USD
  18. Limited Edition Beta #276 (LEB) · Rare · 1993
  19. Limited Edition Alpha #275 (LEA) · Rare · 1993

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2016-06-08 · wotc — All permanents untap during a player’s untap step at once. If Winter Orb is tapped as your untap step begins, your lands will all untap.
  2. 2016-06-08 · wotc — You can’t tap Winter Orb just because you want to. Another ability, such as that of Glare of Subdual, must instruct or allow you to do so.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Meria, Scholar of Antiquity · in 20% of 46 decks

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